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Estupenda toma y encuadre con una magnifica sonrisa y mirada captada.

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

Beautiful work, Andrew!

Nice! Best regards, Ilkka

This is simply outstanding, well done!

Wonderful outdoor portrait and so well lit, wishing you all of the best.

Andrew,

She is a beautiful girl. You have focused well on her eyes. She has very good eye contact with the camera (viewer) and a pretty smile. The lighting is very nice. The highlights on her jacket are excellent. She is well separated from the background. You have her turned at a very nice angle to to the camera. This allows her to appear thin, feminine, graceful and elegant -- nicely done. 

I am not a big fan of bright red lipstick, but her make-up looks very well applied. She does have a problem with a bright pink or reddish area on the side of her face. This is where her bangs come in contact with her hair. Her skin tone is good, except on her chin and lower cheek. Those areas have a little yellow in them. 

You want to make sure the whites of her eyes and teeth are white. Both have a little color problem.

The background is out of focus, but the bright yellow poles really draw my attention away from your subject. It also bothers me that they are slanted. Vertical lines in the background should stay vertical. The same is true for the building in the background.

You should soften the dark circles under her eyes. She needs catch lights to give her eyes life. Be careful the bridge of her nose doesn't cut into her far eye.

It would have been better to have her turn her head a little more towards the camera. It is best to have at least some of the whites of her eyes showing on each side of her irises. This helps to make her eyes look balanced.

Having her left hand tucked under her jacket makes for quite an awkward pose. It looks like she is missing her fingers and it causes wrinkles on her wrist.

Your subject should have more room in front of her than behind. This allows her to be facing into the picture, not out of it. You want to compositionally balance the left and right sides of the photograph. The compositional "rule" for this suggests that you position the tip of the subject's nose in the vertical center of the photograph.

The beads looped over her right breast bothers me a tad. They would look better centered on her chest. The little bit of hair touching the corner of her left eye also bothers me a little. These are minor things.

Nice shot,

Mark

Wonderful portrait...lovely look...very well lit...my best

Charming photograph, she has a lot of zest.

Although I agree with Marks crit. , it is still an excellent portrait and she is a real stunner . I like the pose and the sheen on the leather gives it a lift . Bill

Mark,

I agree with a lot of your comments, however I composed this picture with the yellow lines not strait on purpose. I feel that it adds more character to the picture.